“When Science Went International” (C&EN, Sept. 6, page 60) shows the 19 molecular formulas for acetic acid listed in Kekulé’s textbook of 1859 without pointing out that Josef Loschmidt was the first ...

Corey Williams remembers the pungent vinegar smell of acetic acid and the fear he had when he worked at an industrial facility and climbed on tanks that contained it. What if the roof collapsed and he ...

FOR ACETIC ACID producers, China has become the main operating theater. Multiple acetic acid plants have just started production there or are about to. Demand for the ubiquitous chemical has been ...

The European Union's Additive Regulation has been amended to allow additives permitted in fermented vinegar to also be used for diluted acetic acid. Additives caramels (E 150a-d) and sulphur dioxide — ...